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Norihiro
Nakamaru		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 240
 
Born: July 24, 1973 in Osaka, JAPAN
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 30 TOR AL     50 50 47 47 47 47 59 59 59 43 43 43 37 37 37
2005 31 SEA AL $ 444,300   50 50 47 47 47 47 59 59 59 42 42 42 38 38 38
2006 32 SEA AL $ 444,300   46 46 43 50 50 50 48 48 48 42 42 42 33 33 33
2007 33 SEA AL $ 100,000   46 46 43 54 54 54 46 46 46 42 42 42 32 32 32
2008 34 SEA AL     46 46 43 44 44 44 46 46 46 42 42 42 30 30 30
OOTP6 Min Ratings     46 46 43 44 44 44 46 46 46 42 42 42 30 30 30
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 444,300   50 50 47 54 54 54 59 59 59 43 43 43 38 38 38
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 30 TOR AL 36 68 6 13 4 0 2 7 0 0 4 23 .191 .243 .338 .581 4.6 0.0
    AAA   44 178 20 42 5 0 9 31 0 0 15 38 .236 .295 .416 .711 22.6  
2005 31 SEA AL 30 68 6 17 3 0 1 5 0 0 5 18 .250 .301 .338 .640 6.0 0.3
    AAA   43 164 29 50 9 0 15 39 0 1 16 37 .305 .367 .634 1.001 35.3  
2006 32 SEA AL 39 97 11 32 7 1 3 13 0 0 9 30 .330 .387 .515 .902 16.8 3.4
    AAA   90 357 59 107 30 0 14 62 1 1 41 85 .300 .372 .501 .873 63.1  
2007 33 SEA AL 126 410 31 96 20 0 6 44 2 0 27 122 .234 .282 .327 .609 36.0 1.8
2008 34 SEA AL 133 413 38 86 25 0 4 40 0 0 27 134 .208 .259 .298 .557 29.8 0.0
5 Years Sim 364 1056 92 244 59 1 16 109 2 0 72 327 .231 .282 .334 .616 93.1 5.6
3 Years AAA 177 699 108 199 44 0 38 132 1 2 72 160 .285 .351 .511 .862 120.9  
162 Game Average 469 40 108 26 0 7 48 0 0 32 145 .231 .282 .334 .616 41.4  
Career Highs 133 413 38 96 25 1 6 44 2 0 27 134 .330 .387 .515 .902 36.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   832 65 196 43 1 12 88 1 0 51 260 .236 .281 .333 .614 75.7
vs LH   224 27 48 16 0 4 21 1 0 21 67 .214 .285 .339 .624 21.7
Home 180 533 41 117 24 0 6 53 1 0 42 161 .220 .279 .298 .578 43.9
Away 184 523 51 127 35 1 10 56 1 0 30 166 .243 .284 .371 .655 53.5
RISP   259 0 60 16 0 6 91 0 0 23 75 .232 .295 .363 .658 27.9
Pinch Hitting   16 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .063 .118 .063 .180 -0.6
Close/Late   139 6 37 5 0 2 16 0 0 6 32 .266 .306 .345 .651 13.7
Mar/Apr 70 190 21 40 11 0 3 15 1 0 14 58 .211 .268 .316 .584 15.8
May 38 112 10 28 11 0 0 14 0 0 5 37 .250 .280 .348 .628 10.1
June 56 175 12 34 4 0 2 17 0 0 11 64 .194 .241 .251 .492 10.0
July 68 200 17 56 14 0 3 25 0 0 13 58 .280 .322 .395 .717 24.5
August 66 205 15 44 10 0 4 23 1 0 9 50 .215 .247 .322 .568 15.7
Sep/Oct 66 174 17 42 9 1 4 15 0 0 20 60 .241 .330 .374 .704 21.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2004 30 TOR AL 3B 12 6 65.7 9 10 2 4 .905 2.60   0.2
    1B 13 5 60.0 51 6 0 7 1.000 8.55   0.2
    SS 6 1 18.0 1 6 0 3 1.000 3.50   0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2005 31 SEA AL SS 14 7 74.0 18 19 0 6 1.000 4.50   0.3
    3B 9 3 38.0 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.84   0.1
    1B 2 1 8.0 4 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
2006 32 SEA AL SS 22 20 169.0 26 57 3 17 .965 4.42   0.4
    2B 11 4 42.0 10 17 0 6 1.000 5.79   0.3
    1B 4 1 12.7 20 2 0 0 1.000 15.64   0.0
    3B 1 1 8.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
2007 33 SEA AL 3B 115 108 952.3 69 168 9 14 .963 2.24   2.9
    1B 6 3 28.0 30 1 0 2 1.000 9.96   0.0
    SS 4 1 14.0 3 4 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.1
    2B 1 1 9.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.0
2008 34 SEA AL 3B 108 102 860.3 56 174 7 18 .970 2.41   3.9
    1B 12 10 91.0 89 5 0 11 1.000 9.30   0.2
    SS 11 10 86.0 10 29 1 6 .975 4.08   0.4
    2B 4 1 16.0 3 6 0 1 1.000 5.06   0.1
  3B 245 220 1924.3 137 362 18 36 .965 2.33   7.1
  SS 57 39 361.0 58 115 4 33 .977 4.31   1.2
  1B 37 20 199.7 194 16 0 20 1.000 9.47   0.4
  2B 16 6 67.0 15 26 0 8 1.000 5.51   0.4
  RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   356 285 2554.0 405 519 22 97 .977 3.26   9.2
Career Highs   135 123 1053.3 158 214 9 36 1.000 5.19    
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  6. John Bryant (956)
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  8. Aneudi Cuevas (952)
  9. Mendy Lopez (950)
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History
Had first career hit on 4/9/2004, off Jimmy Journell (SEA)
Hit first career homerun on 7/16/2004, off Ben Sheets (BAL)
Released by Toronto on 9/2/2004
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 3/1/2005 to a 2-year deal worth $444,300 per year
Injured on 6/27/2006 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 3 days
Released by Seattle on 10/31/2008
 
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